LAM UPC

Multimedia Applications Laboratory

The Multimedia Applications Laboratory (LAM) was founded in 1987 with the aim of finding innovative applications for information and communication technology in different professional fields. The laboratory focuses on adapting emerging technologies to environments with special characteristics, and its research is aimed at designing technological solutions for professional groups engaged in knowledge-intensive activities.

e-Therapy or e-Better

This activity encompasses research conducted over the last six years, initially on mental health therapies with Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, that has given rise to a model for applying ICT to everything from primary care to specialised treatments. The most important line of action, dealing with dysphagia therapy, is being carried out in conjunction with Hospital de Sant Pau in Barcelona and consists of a prototype model for improving patients' quality of life.

Activity monitoring and evaluation systems

Adaptive solutions for the display and/or visualisation of data on the activity of a given group (integrated in the i-cell platform).

Adaptive hypermedia and web-based recommendation systems

Research and pilot projects related to adaptive systems. In the last five years, LAM has developed a reference system prototype based on information clusters for application and integration in CMS platforms for special groups, above all in the mental health sector. In a healthcare process, it must be possible to customise content and tasks for each agent involved.

Transactional systems

For the integration of business functions in information-intensive activities.

e-learning

The i-cell platform is the result of the integration of the last six years of research by LAM in the field of e-learning. The platform includes R&D contributions developed with companies and institutions in the fields of processes, quality, collaborative work, training, etc. The platform has been successfully used in different educational projects and lifelong-learning and doctoral programmes in which LAM is involved.

The i-cell platform is the result of the integration of the last six years of research by LAM in the field of e-learning. The platform includes R&D contributions developed with companies and institutions in the fields of processes, quality, collaborative work, training, etc. The platform has been successfully used in different educational projects and lifelong-learning and doctoral programmes in which LAM is involved.

Development of a next-generation content management system (CMS) that integrates workflows

Computer systems for document and data management. The models currently being studied cater to living labs and, therefore, aim to meet the needs of all agents involved in an innovation process.

Multiscreen display systems

Augmented reality

Bare-hand manipulation of digital objects in the field of view of a video camera. This cutting-edge solution in the field of experimental augmented reality systems was featured at the most important international conference in the sector (SIGGRAPH 2009).

LAM is an open and multidisciplinary laboratory that encompasses a wide range of technical and artistic disciplines:

• Contributions in the field of health sciences through collaborations with health centres and medical specialists • Methods for managing the integration of ICT solutions in healthcare • Process improvement and simulation • Development of healthcare learning communities • Developments in remote care• Cognitive training for mental health

• Creation, publication and sale of educational content • Platforms for training in blended learning • Systems for monitoring and evaluating student progress • Models for adapting e-learning platforms to the characteristics of specific groups • Systems for providing intensive training to large numbers of users

• Creation, publication and sale of educational content • Platforms for training in blended learning • Systems for monitoring and evaluating student progress • Models for adapting e-learning platforms to the characteristics of specific groups • Systems for providing intensive training to large numbers of users